Courtesy of Judith Gregg Librarian Catherine Arbogast heads out with a personalized book delivery from the Los Altos main library.

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Traci Newell/Town Crier The six-week, tuition-free Stretch to Kindergarten program, hosted at Bullis Charter School, serves children who have not attended preschool. A teacher leads children in singing about the parts of a butterfly, above.

courtesy of Rishi Bommannan Rishi Bommannan cycled from Bates College in Maine to his home in Los Altos Hills, taking several selfies along the way. He also raised nearly $13,000 for the Livestrong Foundation, which supports cancer patients.

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Photos by Alicia Castro/Town Crier Local residents participate in an exercise class at the Grant Park Senior Center, above. Betsy Reeves, below left with Gail Enenstein, lobbied for senior programming in south Los Altos.

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The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office recently kicked off its monthlong Operation: “A Second Chance.”

The annual program, operated in conjunction with all Santa Clara County law enforcement agencies through Dec. 31, allows individuals with nonviolent misdemeanor criminal and traffic warrants to receive a citation for their offenses and a new court date in lieu of being booked into the county’s main jail. Individuals may go to any Santa Clara County law enforcement agency to receive the warrant citation, which will require a new “Promise to Appear” in court at a future date.

The program is directed toward most misdemeanor warrants – regardless of bail amount – and includes those stamped, “No Cite and Release” and “No Bail.”

The following warrants do not qualify for the program, but the Sheriff’s Office urges those with these types of warrants to cooperate and turn themselves in:

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Operation: “A Second Chance” has seen its share of success over the past seven years, with more than 2,400 people issued citations for a new court date and released on the spot.

Individuals with outstanding misdemeanor warrants can self-surrender at their local police and sheriff’s stations – including the Los Altos Police Station at 1 N. San Antonio Road – and secure their release instead of going to jail.

For more information, call Sheriff’s Office Records at (408) 808-4717.

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